10—Friday, Sept. 29, 1972
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Braille Books for Holy Days
"Several thousand Jewish if the blind are enabled to
blind took part in High Holy participate as equals in a
Day observances this New house of prayer with their
Year throughout the world," own prayer .books, they will
Emil N. Baar, president of be encouraged to become
the Jewish Braille Institute, part of the mainstream of
'announced. "They used family and community life,
their official Conservative, Judge Baar said:
Orthodox and Reform prayer
"JBI has been in the fore-
books in Hebrew and Eng- front of the fight to obtain
lish Braille provided for equality for the blind in re-
them gratis by the Jewish ligious schools, the public
Braille Institute," Judge school system, universities,
Baar said.
the business world and the
The Jewish Braille Insti- communities. They do not be-
tute of American has dis- lieve that the blind should
tributed over 2,000 Conserva- be segregated in residential
tive, Orthodox and Reform schools for the blind. This,
Braille or recorded prayer they say, is parallel to the
books to the blind, so that orphan asylum for sighted
they will be able to partici- children. Today, most of the
pate in the Jewish High Holy blind children in the United
Days.
States are in the regular
The institute believes that school program — and the
organization will continue its
fight until every blind child
is brought into the normal
stream of life.
"JBI has approximately
1,900 volunteers providing
Braille and large type in 14
languages to blind people all
over the world. There is no
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Co-operating with the
Prime Minister's Council for
Israel's Economic Develop-
ment, the Detroit Chapter of
the American Technion So-
ciety will present a special
program on "Ismetal '72" 8
p.m. Tuesday at Stouffer's
Northland Inn.
Spurred by the success and
potential of Israel's fastest-
growing industry and the re-
sults of the first Israel Metal
Industries Week two years
ago, a second Metal Indus-
tries Week has been sched-
uled at the Tel Aviv Hilton
Dec. 3-9.
Sponsored by Israeli indus-
trialists, the first Israel Me-
tal Industries Week drew
hundreds of metal experts in
science and industry from all
over the world. Like that
first gathering, the second
will offer the opportunity
to Meet Israeli industralists,
discuss the development of
trade relations, know-how
agreements, investments and
reseach and development.
The creativity and scope
of the industry will be dem-
onstrated In the exhibition
of 15 Israel metal products'
manufacturers with interna-
tional exports. Professional
meetings also will be an in-
tegral parts of the week's
activities as will visits to
factories of special interest.
Frank L. Theyleg, co-chair-
man of the U.S. Metals Com-
mittee announced partici-
pants in the Tuesday meet-
ing will be Ben-Zion Golan,
consul-economic affairs, Is-
rael Consulate General; and
Avraham Asheri, deputy di-
rector of the Israel Govern-
ment Investment Authority.
A special film report,
"Panthers in Progress," an
overview of Israel's industry,
will be shown. Henry Gutten-
tag will serve as chairman
for the evening.
The Technion is one of
Dr. David Erlik, dean of the few technology institutes.
the newly founded Technion in the world which have a
School of Medicine in Haifa, medical school as an integral
will be guest speaker at the part of the institution-
The program is open to
opening meeting of the .De-
troit Chapter, American the community.
Technion Society, 8:15 p.m.
Oct. 9 at the United Hebrew
Schools in Southfield.
Dr. Erlik is one of Israel's
top surgeons and an educator
in the medical field. His topic
will be "Transplantation of
Human Organs."
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Metal Exports Boom
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
Israel Ministry of Commerce
and Industry has announced
that exports of Israeli metal
products totaled $ 75,000,000
in 1971 and have risen an
average of 25 per cent since
1965.
By 1975, Israel expects to
reach the $185,000,000 mark
in metal exports.
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BEN-ZION GOLAN
Technion Awards Harvey Prizes
to Two American Scientists
NORTHLAND FORD
LEADS THE WAY
Israel Metals Week, to Be Topic of Technion Society Gathering
NEW YORK—Two Ameri- ander Goldberg, president of
can scientists, a pioneer in the Technion.
the development of artificial
Tisch said the award to
organs and the founder of a Prof. Koiff is in recognition
basic theory of communica- of his "far-reaching achieve-
tions, were selected as the ments in the advancement of
first winners of the Harvey medicine, through his pio-
Prize of the American So- neering work in the develop-
ciety for Technion — Israel ment, improvement and ap-
Institute of Technology.
plication of artificial organs,
They are Dr. William J. primarily kidney machines,
Kolff, professor of surgery heart-lung machines, cardiac
and head of the artificial assist devices, and an artifi-
organs division at the Uni- cial heart, as well as his
versity of Utah College of discoveries in transplanta-
Medicine, Salt Lake City; tion."
and Dr. Claude E. Shannon,
The award to Prof. Shan-
Donner Professor of Science non is in recognition of his
at the Massachusetts Insti- "fundamental contribution to
tute of Technblogy.
the modern science of com-
Each prize carries a cash munication: by the formula-
tion of a revolutionary math-
award of $35,000.
Simultaneous announcement ematical Theory of Informa-
tion,
having primary im-
was made via a telephone-
linked international press portance in all discipline
conference between Los An- involving problems of mean-
geles, Cambridge, Mass., and ing, communication, lan-
guage and related concepts.'
the Technion at Haifa.
The Harvey Prizes bear
Recommendations for selec-
the name of Leo M. Harvey tion of the Harvey Prize
of Los Angeles, a leader of winners were made by an
the American Technion So- International Committee for
ciety. The Harvey Prize the Harvey Prizes, meeting
Fund was established by a at the Technion and headed
gift of $1,000,000 from the by Evelyn de Rothschild of
Lena P. Harvey Foundation London, chairman of the
in Los Angeles to the Ameri- Technion board of governors.
can Technion Society in 1971.
Nominations for selection
The fund will be used in were submitted by prominent
scientists,
scholars and lead-
perpetuity to make annual
ers in public life in various
awards in one or more of countries, especially the
four fields: Science and Tech- United States, Britain and Is-
nology; Human Health; Lit- rael. Final selections were
erature of Profound Insight made by the American Tech-
nion Society.
into the Mores of Life of the
People of the Middle East;
Tokyo Israeli Exhibit
and the Advancement of
TOKYO (JTA) — A five-
Peace in the Middle East.
day cultural exhibition on
Laurence T. Tisch, presi- ancient Israeli civilization
dent of the American Tech- was held in the Nlitsukoshi
nion Society, said the award department store in ItiCiont-
ceremony will take place on bashi, The exhibition was co-
I Oct. 22 at the home of Zal- sponsored by the Israel gov-
man Shazar, president of Is- ernment and Japan Minis-
ael. The presentation will try of International Trade
be mode by Shazar and Alox- and Ir
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